NTU – Technion
Workshop on Recycling of Materials
25 Feb 2015 (Wed)
10:45am – 5:35pm
Seminar Room, Level 2, CleanTech One (see location map attached)
26 Feb 2015 (Thurs)
09:30am – 3:00pm
College of Engineering Conference Room (N1.3-B1) and SCBE Conference Room (N1.3-B5-02)
Registration <HERE>
Time
Programme
Day 1 Wednesday 25 Feb 2015 @ Seminar Room, Level 2, CleanTech One
10:45am
Registration
11:15am – 11:40am
Welcome Remarks and
Overview of College of Engineering’s (CoE) Research
Prof Tay Beng Kang, Assoc Dean (Research), College of Engineering, NTU
11:40am – 12:05pm
Overview of Technion
Prof Wayne D. Kaplan, Executive Vice President for Research, Technion
12:05pm – 1:30pm
Lunch
1:30pm – 1:55pm
1.
2.
Track 1
Track 2
Chairperson: Prof Zhang Hua and Prof Dong Zhili, MSE
Chairperson: Prof Tan Kang Hai, CEE
Mechanochemistry as a means of chemical recycling acceleration
Using polymer architecture to increase the lifespan of lubricating oils
Asst Prof Charles E. Diesendruck
Faculty of Chemistry, Technion
1:55pm– 2:20pm
Modeling biomass pyrolysis process to produce fuels and chemicals
Asst Prof Samir Hemant Mushrif
School of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, NTU
2:20pm – 2:45pm
Protein engineering of enzymes – utilization in environmental, food, and drug
applications
Assoc Prof Ayelet Fishman
Faculty of Biotechnology & Food Engineering, Technion
2:45pm – 3:10pm
Recycling human hair
Asst Prof Ng Kee Woei
School of Materials Science & Engineering, NTU
3:10pm – 3:35pm
Bio-reduction in rust removal in aquatic environments
Assoc Prof Robert Armon
Faculty of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Technion
Water sensitive urban design in Israel: from theory to practice
Assoc Prof Tal Alon-Mozes
Faculty of Architecture & Town Planning, Technion
Urban water management in Singapore – drainage design and capture of
surface runoff
Assoc Prof Tan Soon Keat
School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, NTU
Recycling construction/demolition waste
Assoc Prof Konstantin Kovler
Faculty of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Technion
Novel cements
Dr Cise Unluer
School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, NTU
Recycling industrial by-products with enhanced NORM
concentrations in construction
Assoc Prof Konstantin Kovler
Faculty of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Technion
3:35pm – 4:00pm
Corrosion control of metals using self-healing coatings
Asst Prof Yang Jinglei
School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, NTU
Structural Applications of Fibre Reinforced Cementitious Composites – Under
High Strain Rate, Fire Conditions or Ultimate Limit State
Prof Tan Kang Hai
School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, NTU
Refreshment Break
4:00pm – 4:20pm
Bio-refinery of organic waste
Assoc Prof Robert Armon
Faculty of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Technion
Development of engineered cementitious composites with waste materials
Asst Prof Qian Shunzhi
School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, NTU
4:45pm – 5:10pm
The new developed anaerobic system for enhanced sewage sludge digestion and
biogas generation
Dr Guo Chenhong
Nanyang Environment & Water Research Institute, NTU
Energy efficient plastic waste recycling for green and sustainable construction
Asst Prof Alessandro Romagnoli
School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, NTU
Dr Wong Chui Ling
School of Materials Science & Engineering, NTU
5:10pm – 5:35pm
Novel processing of natural cellulose waste for bio-fuel and aerogel structures
Dr Lev Vaikhanski
Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Technion
4:20pm – 4:45pm
Recycling of Poultry Feathers
Assoc Prof Tan Lay Poh
School of Materials Science & Engineering, NTU
End of Day 1 Workshop
Day 2 Thursday 26 Feb 2015 @ College of Engineering and SCBE Conference Room
Track 1 @ College of Engineering
Chairperson: Prof Ng Kee Woei, MSE
Track 2 @ SCBE Conference Room
Chairperson: Prof Tan Soon Keat, CEE and NEWRI
9:30am
Arrival & Registration
1.
9:45am – 10:10am
10:10am – 10:35am
10:35am – 11:00am
11:00am – 11:25am
Carbon aerogel made from cotton and waste paper: An efficient and recyclable
sorbent for highly efficient removal of oil and organic solvents
Prof Zhang Hua
School of Materials Science & Engineering, NTU
Waste gasification/pyrolysis for bio-energy (bio-syngas or bio-oil) production
Assoc Prof Dong Zhili
School of Materials Science & Engineering, NTU
Chemical waste decomposition using a pulsed plasma source
2. Submarine Seawater Reverse Osmosis Desalination
3. Fresh Water production by Solar Energy Evaporation
Prof Ezra Elias
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion
Energy reduction and resource recovery through novel bioprocess wastewater
Dr Lim Choon Ping
Nanyang Environment & Water Research Institute, NTU
Fate of pharmaceutical compounds in constructed wetlands
Dr Zhang Dongqing
Advanced Environmental Biotechnology Centre, Nanyang Environment & Water
Research Institute, NTU
Metals recycling of electronic waste components
Mr Daniel Safranchik
The Israel Institute of Metals, Technion
Recycling of Battery Materials
Assoc Prof Madhavi Srinivasan
School of Materials Science & Engineering, NTU
11:25am – 1.00pm
Lunch
1:00pm – 3:00pm
Thematic Presentations by Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute (NEWRI): Waste Recovery
@ CoE Conference Room